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Friday, 24 December 2010

Winter Magical Mystery Tour

All the days seem to melt into each other at the moment. Probably because they are all much the same in that they are cold, with snow and sunshine. And although John occasionally makes it to the village or organic farm in the car, I have been here for most of the time since the snow started on the 29th November.

Yet every day is also unique in it's own way. The walks might all be along the lane but there is always the choice of turning either right or left. It was left today, to the crossroads, and Rueben and I marched along at a brisk pace in order to keep warm. I use my walks as thinking time as well and can get quite lost in my thoughts, while at the same time keeping an eye out for photo opportunities. I was passing along the kale field which still has the sheep in it and my eye was caught by a darker shape.

I took another good look and what a surprise. It wasn't a sheep grazing but a deer! I motioned Rueben to be really quiet (he is such a good and smart dog!) and grabbed the picture above when the deer still had no idea we were there.

We slowly moved along, and the snow must have disguised the sound of our footsteps so we got amazingly close and this was the last picture I managed to take before the deer glanced up in alarm, took one startled look at us, and then took off at high speed, ran along the wall, then jumped it and disappeared into the forest.

Rueben and I walked on at a more sedate speed to the crossroads, where I must have been thousands of times but today, as a result of the deer and my wonderment at meeting it, I suddenly noticed the fire sign. So appropriate and also (considering the weather ) so inappropriate! And also wonderful, a shining example of serendipity. It made me feel goodwill towards all men, deer, dogs and our gorgeous Macbiehill.

That was this morning and I could not resist the opportunity for another walk in the afternoon, this time along the old railway line and there too the world was endlessly beautiful, peaceful and beyond wonder.

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I am an award winning artist mainly working in textiles and mixed media, whose work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally,and has won many prizes including winning the Scottish Quilt Championship in 1998, the European Quilt Championship in 2006 and the British Quilt and Stitch Village in 2015. My work has also won prizes for hand workmanship, computer design, art quilting and embellishment. I entered the world of mixed media around 2004 and my Artist Trading Card (ATC) Enduring, Unending won Best of Show in the House of Cards exhibition, Columbus, Ohio, 2005. I love art journalling and at the moment I'm an monthly Guest Designer for Stencilgirl Products. My art has been published in a wide variety of magazines and books both here in the U.K. and abroad.I love photography and have uploaded a daily picture to the Blipfoto site for the last 6.5 years. In 2012 I completed my self set task of making one Journal Quilt every week in the 52 Journals Project and they were exhibited in a very successful show in Peebles in 2014. I'm a full-time studio artist.

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